Directions
Write an essay that is a MINIMUM of 800 words, a MINIMUM of 5 paragraphs in length, each paragraph AT LEAST 5 full-sentences long addressing the prompt below. Students may only use the supplementary reading material for their S.R.E. 2. Make sure to use a MINIMUM of 4 supplementary readings. Students may NOT use lecture material or the textbook on this essay. Using lecture material or the textbook readings for this assignment will NOT give students a passing grade. If you quote from the sources, quotes can only be 3 paragraph lines in length. You must state an argument or thesis in your introduction. Make sure to underline your thesis statement in the introductory paragraph. Make sure to provide specific examples from the readings that support your argument or thesis.
Choose any 4 supplementary readings between Session 10 and Session 15, or from the Great Depression Session to Nixonian America. Discuss why you personally found them interesting. How did those supplementary readings enhance your understanding of the themes and topics discussed in lecture and why? Think about the major themes and topics covered since the midterm and how the supplementary readings relate to those themes.
Session 10 suplementary:
https://www.americanyawp.com/reader/23-the-great-depression/huey-p-long-every-man-a-king-and-share-our-wealth-1934/
https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=3&psid=587
Section 11 suplementary:
https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/fdrthefourfreedoms.htm
https://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=3&psid=603
Section 12 suplementary:
https://www.oecd.org/general/themarshallplanspeechatharvarduniversity5june1947.htm
https://shec.ashp.cuny.edu/items/show/812
https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/coldwar/documents/episode-1/kennan.htm
Section 13 suplementary:
https://voicesofdemocracy.umd.edu/hoover-speech-before-the-house-committee-speech-text/
https://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6456
Section 14 suplementary and Section 15 suplementary are files attached.
The rubric for this assignment is attached below.
Note: DO NOT USE OUTSIDE SOURCES. Only use the provided materials as sources.